Note:

3. A Visual Theme

A lifestyle blog is a very visual blog full of images and videos if available. It is also very chic, clean and user-friendly.

That means that any lifestyle blogger needs a beautiful WordPress theme.

I use the Hello Blush Theme by Hello You Designs. They have tons of feminine themes that are very function-heavy ensuring that you can literally add anything to your site. For example: a shop, sliders, inbuilt affiliate widgets, excerpts.

f. Keyword Research Tools

Answer The Public – This amazing keyword tool allows you to find out what questions and queries your consumers have by getting a free report of what they’re searching for in Google. This makes it so easy for you to prepare content that is being searched for- in the easiest way possible.

Keywords Everywhere– This is a browser add-on for Chrome and Firefox that shows search volume, CPC & competition on multiple websites. Using the add-on, you can easily see the search volume of the keyword before you get down to writing.

Pinterest Trending Search Area

Pinterest Trending Search Area – Don’t sit on this if Pinterest is one source of traffic to your blog (it should be). Always write about these topics if they are related to your niche and start promoting them ASAP on Pinterest.

COURSES AND EBOOKS

After starting your lifestyle blog, one has to keep on learning as much as possible to ensure your blog grows to the point that you can eventually earn income from it.

Skillshare is an amazing online course platform offering thousands of courses online! If you desire to be knowledgeable about just any topic, Skillshare is the place to be- from fashion, beauty, photography, wellness, home decor, design, SEO, writing, proofreading, blogging to general lifestyle.

Good enough, once your sign up, you get 2 free months! So, what are you waiting for? Get Skillshare NOW!

AD NETWORKS TO JOIN

Ever since the Google Adsense hitch that saw tons of bloggers losing hundreds of dollars in ad income, I sought for another Ad network to join and I found Ezoic Ads.

Ezoic is so good if you haven’t hit the mark for Media Vine. And I want to believe that with tons of traffic, you earn even better with Ezoic Ads.

What do I love about Ezoic? Their ads are so relevant to your type of search content and also, they have really clean ad locations. This ensures visitors to your site don’t get pissed off and bounce off your site.

AFFILIATE PROGRAMS TO JOIN

Apart from Ads, bloggers also make money online through affiliate marketing.

SPONSORED POST PLATFORMS

If you desire to work with high-end brands like Sephora, Nike and Miss Lola among others-plus get the chance to win free brand collaborations and attend exclusive events and fashion weeks, them The Plug is here for you!

It is also important to note that there are some smartphones like the iPhone XS, Oppo F11 Pro, Huawei P30 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 which will give such awesome shots. At times, I use my smartphone, the Huawei P30 Pro.

c. Canva

Canva is a design software plus app that allows you to create beautiful graphics for all your design needs. You can also create smaller ebooks on Canva.

And now that Pinterest has embraced video pins, Canva is a great tool to make proper video pins. This feature, however, is available for premium users of the platform.

Coolix is the best interactive video platform for native, advertising and lives video content.

Its great features allow you to create videos that include Call to Actions, tagging of products, links and product proposals within your video.

They have integrated Google Analytics to ensure you can track your sales and conversions and much more.

Coolix is a great resource for business owners seeking to make advertisement videos as well as other online creative like bloggers and vloggers who’d want to add an interactive layer to their videos.

f. Lightroom

Lightroom is an editing software that allows you to edit your photos and give them beautiful shades using filters/presets that you can create and save for use at any other later time.

If you want to create a particular aesthetic for all your photos, then Lightroom is the way to go.

They have a mobile app that is so easy to use plus a laptop/desktop software too.

g. Stock Photos

As a blogger, stock photos really come in handy at times when we don’t have the right images for a post.

While there are so many sites for stock photos, we have Unsplashand Pixabaywhere you can access stock photos for free, Getty Images can be used for free if you choose to embed the photo on your site-otherwise, they have a premium plan.

We also have Shutterstock, Creative market and Abode Photos where you have to subscribe at a membership fee.

OTHER RESOURCEFUL SITES

As a blogger, you have to keep your mind refreshed with content every single time, as much as actually practicing what you’ve been learning will guarantee success or your blog.

That means that authority sites in your niche should in your list of the best blogging tools and resources.

If you are a beginner at SEO, please make Income school your go-to study source because they break down SEO the easy way, giving real-time proofs and steps you can follow. Advanced SEO students will also appreciate this.

What I love most about them is that they can teach you to nail Google search even as a new blogger.

It’s amazing to see how young sites that have followed their steps hit over 50,000+ page views a month from Google within a short span of time like 6 months.

This internet marketing blog is a great resource for bloggers who want to understand the secrets to success on the Internet- from actionable steps to detailed instructions, you easily understand social media and how to run a successful blog. Follow them on Twitter too.

Are you a fashion and lifestyle enthusiast? Then this has to be your essential daily resource that gives you an analytical and opinionated point of view on the fashion business, as well as the beauty industry.

BoF has grown to be an authority site in the fashion and beauty space so if you want to get real-time information on the industry, you know where to get that information.

Here is another great resource for fashion creative and entrepreneurs. Fashionista is one of the most trusted influential voices in the fashion industry hence a trusted source of fashion news, criticism and career advice.

I think that each blog uses its own resources. I am done with unreliable hosting so I switched on a private server to speed up my website and have support every day and night. After you reach a certain number of users, shared hosting will cause your website to be down a lot.

Thank you for sharing such an incredible round up of tips and tricks for lifestyle bloggers! All of these are extremely helpful both to someone just starting, as well as more veteran bloggers, as well.

Definitely bookmarking this page to come back to it at a later date. I am checking out some of the sponsored platforms I never heard of. I’m a part of Heartbeat but I didn’t know about the other ones. And the WPForm sounds interesting trying to create forms. Now If I just had somewhere I felt comfortable making press kits it would be all better. 🙂

Thank you Todd: I would say a good blogging and hosting platform, yoast plugin, WPForms, a good theme, WP Smush ànd as you go by, start learning more through courses and ebooks or from authority sites.

Meet Dalene Ekirapa

Dalene Ekirapa is a fashion, travel and lifestyle blogger. She is also a beauty and skincare consultant with Oriflame Kenya.If she's not reading, find her writing. If she's not singing, then find her playing the guitar.

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